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Chaucer and Italian textuality /

K.P. Clarke explores how Chaucer's work was affected by the tradition of commentary on or glossing of vernacular poetry, and how this context affected the layout and therefore the reading of texts within specific manuscripts. He seeks to understand Chaucer's Italian sources, as they were r...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Clarke, Kenneth Patrick, 1977-
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2011.
Series:Oxford English monographs.
Subjects:
Chaucer, Geoffrey, > -1400 > Criticism and interpretation.
Boccaccio, Giovanni, > 1313-1375 > Influence.
Boccaccio, Giovanni, > 1313-1375
Chaucer, Geoffrey, > -1400
Boccaccio, Giovanni > 1313-1375
Chaucer, Geoffrey > 1343-1400
English literature > Early modern, 1500-1700 > Italian influences.
Italian literature > Appreciation > England > History > To 1500.
Influence (Literary, artistic, etc.)
Italian literature > Appreciation
England
English.
Languages & Literatures.
English Literature.
To 1700
Electronic books.
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
History
Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
Description
Summary:K.P. Clarke explores how Chaucer's work was affected by the tradition of commentary on or glossing of vernacular poetry, and how this context affected the layout and therefore the reading of texts within specific manuscripts. He seeks to understand Chaucer's Italian sources, as they were read by Chaucer himself.
Physical Description:1 online resource (viii, 234 pages)
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references (pages 185-229) and index.
ISBN:9780191729546
019172954X